#D9AE3D#D9AE3D

#D9AE3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.136 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AE3D
RGB	rgb(217, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, 4.34, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 61.19, 85.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77% 0.0063 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.136 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5962, 45.3637, 10.8211)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AE3D #3D68D9

analogous

#D9603D #D9AE3D #B6D93D

triadic

#D9AE3D #3DD9AE #AE3DD9

tetradic

#D9AE3D #3DD960 #3D68D9 #D93DB6

square

#D9AE3D #3DD960 #3D68D9 #D93DB6

split-complementary

#D9AE3D #3DB6D9 #603DD9

monochromatic

#826519 #B58D24 #D9AE3D #E3C370 #EDD9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D9AE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#D9AE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AE3D

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AE3D	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.136 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c579',
    500: '#d9ae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ae3d;
$custom-light: #e9c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.462,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77001,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AE3D

secondary

#98AADA

accent

#6DEA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AE3D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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